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The Notre-Dame-de-Lorette Chapel, located in Pédernec in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany, is a religious building dating back to 1514, although its major changes date back to the 17th century. It was built on the initiative of the lords of Kermataman and Traou-Pont, as evidenced by an inscription in Gothic characters engraved on two granite slabs above the door. This chapel is distinguished by a rectangular nave, flanked to the north by a small side chapel, and retains architectural elements notable as almost intact carved sandstones and entrances adorned with monsters' mouths, partially preserved.

The facade of the chapel presents a third-point door, arranged in three large blocks of stone, topped by two granite angels bearing shields. In the east, a window now clogged suggests the traces of its ancient sledges outside. The bell tower, although partially altered (its florets have lost their peaks), and the carpentry door, decorated with four carved panels, testify to the artistic richness of the building. The chapel thus combines elements from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, with a bedside and a south façade dating from the sixteenth century, while the north facade and the west gate are attributed to the second half of the seventeenth century.

Ranked a historic monument by decree of 2 March 1928, the chapel Notre-Dame-de-Lorette today belongs to the commune of Pédernec. Its inscription protects an architectural and sculptural heritage representative of Breton religious art, marked by late Gothic influences and baroque additions. Details such as the Gothic characters of the inscription or the shields worn by the angels suggest a link with the local seigneurial families, although their exact weapons are not described in the available sources.

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